I rode the new Maya Train to explore Mexico’s Caribbean coast, one of the country’s most intriguing slow-travel regions – Toronto.com

Soon after my train pulls out of the Cancun Airport rail station, I settle into my seat and watch the jungle streak past in vivid shades of green. In the Yucatan’s Costa Maya region, Tren Maya (or the Maya Train) is still a novelty, made clear by the selfie-snapping excitement of my co-passengers. “Visitors don’t expect a beautiful, high-tech train in Mexico,” one tells me. “I’m proud that people can reach simple places like my family village this way.”

With Tren Maya’s final segment completed in Dec. 2024, riders can now travel the full loop — 34 stations and stops over more than 1,500 kilometres — around the Yucatan Peninsula. It passes through the states of Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatan and Quintana Roo.